Reconstruction:Proto-Sarmatian/xumali

This Proto-Sarmatian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sarmatian

Etymology

Suggested to be from ultimately from *háwHmah (haoma plant) +‎ *Áryah (Aryan, Iranian).[1]

Noun

*xumali m

  1. hop plant (Humulus lupulus spp.)

Alternative reconstructions

  • *xumall

Derived terms

  • *xumallag
    • Alanic: *xumællæg

Descendants

  • ? Proto-Slavic: *xъmèľь (hop plant) (see there for further descendants)
  • ? Proto-West Germanic: *humilō (hop plant) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2002), Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 251